Past Projects

October 18, 2008, 4-7pm



Slab presents a one-day exhibition at the old Los Angeles zoo involving artists Michael Decker, Liz Glynn, Deva Graf, Hilary Graves, George Kontos, Louisa Van Leer, Karen Lofgren, Marco Rios, Ry Rocklen, Rosha Yaghmai. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with ART2102's current program which aims to collaborate with and support a number of emerging artist-run spaces and initiatives, in and beyond Los Angeles.

Slab considers the zoo to be a challenging location for an exhibition by resisting and playing on traditional expectations of how we typically view art. For the event, Slab has designated areas that were originally used as animal habitats - designed, constructed, and intended to replicate natural living habitats as art exhibition spaces. The empty caves and surrounding areas lend themselves to ideas of ancient civilization societies, theatrical ruins, or more simply, a stage begging to be once again inhabited. In the pursuit of straightforward exhibition projects unhindered by a set theme, the artists selected have the freedom to respond to the zoo site as they see fit, whether choosing to include an existing artwork or by creating something entirely new.

Location: Griffith Park – Old Los Angeles Zoo picnic area, (located just beyond the Park Rangers Headquarters and Shane's Inspiration). 4730 Crystal Springs Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90027 (look for slab signs with arrows for the old zoo) Admission is free. Download map.




Reality Testing, Curated by ART OFFICE and Slab, Februrary 26th at 8pm
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) 6522 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, 90028
Kunstalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany August 10 2008, Screening in conjunction with Parkaus at Malkastenpark.
Participating Artists:
Julia Brown, Kim Collmer, Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby, Lyn Elliot, Peter Harkawik,
Jon Irving, Lauren Kelley, Jennifer Levonian, TV Moore, Shana Moulton, Corinna Schnitt


Slab pairs up with artists Duke & Battersby to present a two-part video program.

  • Emotional Realism
    • Videos that pose questions about the rhetoric of honesty and the production of empathy in the viewer. Curated by Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby with work by Miriam Backstrom, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Dena DeCola and Karin Wandner, and Amanda Baggs.
    Saturday, February 23, 8:00 pm at Aurora Picture Show, Houston Texas

  • Slab presents a selection of video works by Duke & Battersby
  • Sunday, February 24, 7:00 pm at Aurora Picture Show, Houston Texas


    Night Light

    Our introductory event Night Light is an outdoor exhibition illuminating sculpture and video on a concrete slab. Our approach encourages the experimental through the combination of artists, their work and the setting.



    Featuring: Enrique Castrejon, Erik Frydenborg, Mindy Rose Schwartz, Max Warsh